MINIX 3.1.3 - Minix

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intended as an interim release for developers and experienced users
who wish to see what the cutting edge of MINIX is. Once you are
running 3.1.3, it's ...

MINIX 3.1.3

MINIX 3.1.3 is out. It is not considered a stable release. It is
intended as an interim release for developers and experienced users
who wish to see what the cutting edge of MINIX is. Once you are
running 3.1.3, it's easy to track the 'current' source and so
stay on the cutting edge.

There are caveats, new visible features, significant internal changes,
and many bugfixes. For full release notes, see

To download it, see

For a full changelog, see

Enjoy!

=Ben

Re: MINIX 3.1.3

On 4月14日, 上午2时38分, Ben Gras wrote:
> MINIX 3.1.3 is out. It is not considered a stable release. It is
> intended as an interim release for developers and experienced users
> who wish to see what the cutting edge of MINIX is. Once you are
> running 3.1.3, it's easy to track the 'current' source and so
> stay on the cutting edge.
>
> There are caveats, new visible features, significant internal changes,
> and many bugfixes. For full release notes, see
>
>
> To download it, see
>
>
> For a full changelog, see
>
>
> Enjoy!
>
> =Ben

Congradulations!~~~
I read comp.os.minix everyday on my mobile phone, I hope minix would
be a really "magic" OS~~~

Re: MINIX 3.1.3

To update, will it suffice to rebuild the new sources from /usr/src?

Leslie

Re: MINIX 3.1.3

All,
> To update, will it suffice to rebuild the new sources from /usr/src?

Yes, once you have installed 3.1.3 you can upgrade painlessly from source.

If you have 3.1.2a installed, it's a tricky and risky procedure to
upgrade to 3.1.3 from source, because of several binary
incompatibilities that have accumulated over time. (Although, yes, in
principle it is enough to rebuild the new sources from /usr/src.) There
is a doc/UPDATING file you can follow, but if at all possible I suggest
upgrading using the 3.1.3 CD - that is one of its main purposes.

=Ben

Re: MINIX 3.1.3

On Apr 13, 11:38 am, Ben Gras wrote:
> MINIX 3.1.3 is out. It is not considered a stable release. It is
> intended as an interim release for developers and experienced users
> who wish to see what the cutting edge of MINIX is. Once you are
> running 3.1.3, it's easy to track the 'current' source and so
> stay on the cutting edge.
>
> There are caveats, new visible features, significant internal changes,
> and many bugfixes. For full release notes, see
>
>
> To download it, see
>
>
> For a full changelog, see
>
>
> Enjoy!
>
> =Ben

YES! I have been waiting for this update for a long time! Thanks
guys!

James T. Sprinkle (The Grue)

Re: MINIX 3.1.3

All,

Also, as of today we're building weekly snapshots of MINIX. See
(This interface will probably get a bit fancier. Also the build
schedule isn't set in stone.)

The first test image is there already.

The subversion revision number is in the filename, also printed at boot
time, so you can tell exactly which MINIX you're running (it calls
itself 3.1.3 because that's the latest release, but don't believe that).

=Ben

Re: MINIX 3.1.3

On 13 邪锌褉, 22:38, Ben Gras wrote:
> MINIX 3.1.3 is out. It is not considered a stable release.
> Enjoy!
> =Ben

Re: MINIX 3.1.3

Re: MINIX 3.1.3

On Apr 17, 5:49 pm, Ben Gras wrote:
> All,
>
> Also, as of today we're building weekly snapshots of MINIX. See
>
> (This interface will probably get a bit fancier. Also the build
> schedule isn't set in stone.)
>
> The first test image is there already.
>
> The subversion revision number is in the filename, also printed at boot
> time, so you can tell exactly which MINIX you're running (it calls
> itself 3.1.3 because that's the latest release, but don't believe that).
>
> =Ben

I got panic during dp8390 loading under QEMU (v0.9.0 and 0.8.2)
Panic is fixed by specifing
dp8390_args='DPETH0=10EC:11'
in /usr/etc/rc.local

I hope it will help if someone have such problems also.

Best regards, Eugene Agafonov.

Re: MINIX 3.1.3

In article ,
Ben Gras wrote:
> MINIX 3.1.3 is out. It is not considered a stable release. It is
> intended as an interim release for developers and experienced users
> who wish to see what the cutting edge of MINIX is. Once you are
> running 3.1.3, it's easy to track the 'current' source and so
> stay on the cutting edge.
>
> There are caveats, new visible features, significant internal changes,
> and many bugfixes. For full release notes, see
>
>
> To download it, see
>
>
> For a full changelog, see
>
>
> Enjoy!
>
> =Ben

Nice additions. Is virtual memory on the to-do list?

--
Philip Machanick

Re: MINIX 3.1.3

On 14 Apr., 18:39, Ben Gras wrote:
> If you have 3.1.2a installed, it's a tricky and risky procedure to
> upgrade to 3.1.3 from source, because of several binary
> incompatibilities that have accumulated over time. (Although, yes, in
> principle it is enough to rebuild the new sources from /usr/src.) There
> is a doc/UPDATING file you can follow, but if at all possible I suggest
> upgrading using the 3.1.3 CD - that is one of its main purposes.
Is it?

AFAICS it will overwrite everything except /home, which includes /etc
and /root.
Do I really need to backup and restore /etc and /root?

Leslie

Re: MINIX 3.1.3

All,

On 2007-04-20, Leslie P. Polzer wrote:
>> but if at all possible I suggest
>> upgrading using the 3.1.3 CD - that is one of its main purposes.
> Is it?
>
> AFAICS it will overwrite everything except /home, which includes /etc
> and /root.

True.
> Do I really need to backup and restore /etc and /root?

Fraid so.

=Ben

Re: MINIX 3.1.3

All,

On 2007-04-19, E.Agafonov wrote:
> I got panic during dp8390 loading under QEMU (v0.9.0 and 0.8.2)
> Panic is fixed by specifing
> dp8390_args='DPETH0=10EC:11'
> in /usr/etc/rc.local
>
> I hope it will help if someone have such problems also.

Thanks for your bug report - this is due to a slight change in the
interface functions with the pci server. This is fixed in the latest
svn.